Zeus

:Alternate meanings: See Zeus (web server) or Zeus (computer game)

Prehistory

Zeus is the continuation of Dyeus, the supreme god in Indo-European religion, also continued as Vedic Dyaus Pitar (cf. Jupiter), and as Tyr (Ziu, Tiw, Tiwaz) in Germanic and Norse mythology. Tyr was however supplanted by Odin as the supreme god among the Germanic tribes and they did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with either Tyr or Odin, but with Thor.

Related Topics:
Dyeus - Indo-European religion - Vedic - Dyaus Pita - Jupiter - Tyr - Germanic - Norse mythology - Odin - Germanic tribes - Thor

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In addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the ancient Near East, such as the scepter.

Related Topics:
Ancient Near East - Scepter

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